Park: Home to the A-listed Haddo House. Pic: © Heritage Lottery Fund
A north-east country park has been given a funding boost of more than £1m.
Haddo Country Park in Ellon will receive £1,075,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The money will be used to reinvigorate the park, home to the A-listed Haddo House.
Plans include conservation of the Scots Mile Avenue, reinstating historic footpaths and a new adventure playground.
Councillor John Loveday, Formartine area committee chairman, said: "The news of this significant funding comes at a great time for the park project, with five elements of the scheme having received planning approval within the last week.
"This is the culmination by lot of hard work add effort by all of the partners involved in the project – Aberdeenshire Council, Haddo Estate National Trust for Scotland, Friends of Haddo Country Park and the wider local community – and we will continue to work together to achieve our vision for the park as a premier visitor destination."
More than 200,000 visitors enjoy the park's 18th-century designed landscape every year.
Colin McLean, head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland, said: "Our parks are a wonderful legacy from our ancestors which are enjoyed by all ages.
"Whether taking a winter walk, sledging with the children or attending a community event, they provide an invaluable space for recreation, sport and leisure.
"HLF funding will help transform these treasured places, protecting their heritage while improving the facilities for the hundreds of thousands of people that use and enjoy them."
